Programme and presentations

Venue: Ministry of Culture of Republic of Lithuania, J. Basanaviciaus str. 5, 01118 Vilnius

Thursday, October 9, 2008
Programme
12.00 - 13.00	Registration, coffee & snacks
13.00 - 13.30	Welcome speeches: Irena Vaišvilaite, Advisor to the President of Republic of Lithuania Jonas Jucas, Minister of Culture of Republic of Lithuania Jens Thorhauge, Danish Agency for Libraries and Media; NAPLE forum
13.30 - 14.30	Session I, Moderator: Rolandas Kvietkauskas, Lithuania Public libraries an the community development (tbd) Deborah Jacobs, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Global Libraries Program How real is the Google generation?, pdf Prof. David Bawden, City University, London; EUCLID board Discussion
14.30 - 15.00	Coffee break
15.00 - 15.45	Session II, Moderator: Ramune Petuchovaite The Dutch public library in ten years' time: the road ahead, pdf Prof. Frank Huysmans, Amsterdam University 'Libraries are good'. Prove it,pdf Ugne Rutkauskiene, Martynas Mazvydas National Library of Lithuania Discussion
16.00 - 17.00	Optional: Visit to Vilnius University library (group up to 15 people) Unofficial walking tour in Vilnius Free time
18.00 - 20.00	Reception at the Ministry of Culture
Friday, October 10, 2008
9.30 - 10.30	Session III, Moderator: Breda Karun Branching Out: Future Directions For Irish Public Libraries, 2008-2012, pdf Norma McDermott, An Chomhairle Leabharlanna (The Library Council), Ireland Swiss public libraries on the way, pdf Peter Wille, Bibliomedia Schweiz Towards modernization of Lithuanian libraries: five years experience, pdf Ramune Petuchovaite, the Ministry of Culture of Republic of Lithuania Discussion
10.30 - 11.00	Coffee break
11.00 - 12.00	Session IV, Moderator: Marian Koren The Norwegian NationWide Library, pdf Tone Eli Moseid, Norwegian Archive, Library and Museum Authority Developing services for a new generation of library users, pdf Barbro Wigell-Ryynänen, Ministry of Education, Finland Promoting Reading in Lithuania: experiences of 2008 a Year of Reading program Ruta Elijošaityte, Martynas Mažvydas National library of Lithuania Discussion
12.00 - 12.45	Lunch
12.45 - 14.00	Session V NAPLE forum board meeting
14.00 - 14.15	Short coffee break
14.15 - 15.15	Session VI, Moderator: Andrew Cranfield EBLIDA - NAPLE forum - EUCLID cooperation for the Aadvancement of libraries in Europe
15.15 - 15.30	Concluding Remarks and Closure of the Conference
16.00 -17.00	Visit to Vilnius University library (group up to 15 people) Unofficial walking tour in Vilnius Free time
18.00	Dinner in the Restaurant (tbd)